South Oldham

BEDFORD — Oldham County finally found the intensity it has searched for all season, and it came at the perfect time.
On the other bench, South Oldham learned what happens when poor shooting meets a tough defensive team with a point to prove.
Seniors Brandon Johnson and Jacob Bates each scored 18 points and Oldham County shot over 50 percent from the field in a 74-60 win in the District 29 boys’ championship game Friday night at Trimble County.

By the time you read this, the District 29 boys’ and girls’ championship game will be one day away.
That means we’ll already know which team(s) from Oldham County will play in the next week’s Eighth Region tournament.

GOSHEN — North Oldham senior Grace Oglesby will experience the opportunity of a lifetime this summer.
As the swim team celebrated its sixth straight Oldham Cup during halftime of the North Oldham boys’ basketball last Friday night, the school announced that Oglesby will compete in the Olympic Trials this summer for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

LEXINGTON – Once Dallas Ochsenbein learned North Oldham had never crowned a state champion wrestler he set his sights to become the first.
Mission accomplished.
Ochsenbein wrapped up his high school wrestling career in the only way he saw appropriate by becoming North Oldham’s first state champion at the KHSAA State Wrestling Championships Saturday in Lexington.

LEXINGTON – Max Emerson isn’t afraid to show his emotions.
So when a dream 12 years in the making became a reality, Emerson let the emotions flow.
In fact, “flow” is how Emerson would describe his own his wrestling skills. Therefore, it’s appropriate that Emerson’s feelings reflected a season where success met emotion.
And both flowed flawlessly.

LEXINGTON - A solid showing from the Oldham area teams carried from Day One over into Saturday morning’s championship quarterfinals at the KHSAA State Wrestling Championships.
Seven of the 11 wrestlers from Oldham County, South Oldham and North Oldham advanced to the championship semifinals at Alltech Arena.
North Oldham’s Collin Portman (220) and Oldham County’s Max Emerson (182) each pinned their opponents to move to the semifinals to remain undefeated.

GOSHEN – For a team that lost six of its last eight games by this Tuesday, North Oldham coach Rob Burton believes his team has a whole new mindset a few days later.
That’s a good thing for the Mustangs, who wrapped up their regular season with back-to-back wins, including Friday night’s dominant 65-37 win over DeSales.
Zach Wheeler put up another impressive performance from the 3-point line to lead the team with 23 points after scoring 30 points against Henry County Thursday.

OWENTON — Oldham County took a hot streak into a hotter Owen County environment Thursday night on the Rebels’ Senior Night.
The Colonels kept it close at the start, but Owen County solidified its case as the team to beat in the Eighth Region after a 71-58 win over Oldham County to end the regular season.
Senior Carson Williams scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds the same day he was voted by coaches as the Eighth Region Player of the Year.